Madikeri: “The people of this area have been shaken right from the month of June when it started raining, worried about coffee and pepper being washed away. The worst fears unfortunately came true in the second week of August and the question that is haunting was whether we would survive at all,” recalls Channapanda Monnappa and Mallige couple, whose land and house was swept away right in front of their eyes.
Seeing the torrential rains everyone realised that the land is going to cave in and there will be floods. By morning, all of us had to run for our dear lives leaving everything behind as the whole place had disappeared before sunrise, were the agonising words that the couple shared with Star of Mysore about the dark moments they experienced. This couple are the residents of Kaluru village at the foot of Pushpagiri Hills, 14 kms from Madikeri.
